Do you call the grandfather Sr, His son Jr, and then his son the 111?

Question:

Do you call the grandfather Sr, His son Jr, and then his son the 111?

I need to know in what order do these characters go.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "Sr" and "Jr" are usually used for fathers and sons named after them. They can be used for a man and his nephew, if they live in the same county. If you had three in a row, as soon as the oldest died the next oldest becomes "Senior" if you want to be correct. They are supposed to be informal and transitory.

"I", "II", "III" (and "XVI", for that matter, when you are tracking Louis the King of France) are more formal and permanent. King George III will always be that one, even though he has been dead for almost 200 years.

It is considered presumptuous to name someone "I" before "II" is born; the king of Spain is manking a heck of a leap of faith, in th eeyes of some people, by calling himself "Juan Carlos I". For all he knows, the people will rise and repalce him with a socialist prime minister.

If I'm writing to someone about thre eor for people with the same name I call them "1776 John Smith", "1803 John Smith" and so forth, where the year is the birth year.

If you put "I", "II" or "III" on anyone who isn't royal, you can guarantee you'll break through your brick wall, find his dad and realize the one you thought was "Peter Moss I" was really "Pete Moss IV", and you'll have to renumber them all. I don't put "Sr", "Jr" or any roman numerals on anyone save royalty when I'm entering individuals.

Others do; it is a matter of choice. If any of your lines are Scots, where is was a state law to name at least one or two sons "Alexander", you'll need all the help you can get. I've seen people who put birth years in where the middle name goes.